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November 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Mike King is stepping down as chief executive of the mental health charity I Am Hope Foundation but says he will continue to play a key role in the organisation in a new capacity. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The outspoken founder of a mental health charity is stepping down from chief ... <a title="Mike King steps down as chief executive of mental health charity I Am Hope Foundation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/12/mike-king-steps-down-as-chief-executive-of-mental-health-charity-i-am-hope-foundation/" aria-label="Read more about Mike King steps down as chief executive of mental health charity I Am Hope Foundation">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand This arrest brings the total number of people charged with murdering the 29-year-old to three. RNZ / REECE BAKER Police on Wednesday charged a third man with the murder of Tristan Oakes in his Te Puke home at the weekend. Detective Senior Sergeant Natalie Flowerdew-Brown said police investigating the murder today ... <a title="Police charge third person with murder of Tristan Oakes in Te Puke, Bay of Plenty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/12/police-charge-third-person-with-murder-of-tristan-oakes-in-te-puke-bay-of-plenty/" aria-label="Read more about Police charge third person with murder of Tristan Oakes in Te Puke, Bay of Plenty">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Solway College student Emma Heathcote died after a crash involving an ATV. Supplied/Facebook Tributes have poured in online for a Masterton college student who died in an quad bike accident on Monday. Solway College student Emma Heathcote died after a crash involving an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) at a property in the ... <a title="Tributes flow for beloved student Emma Heathcote, who died in quad bike accident" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/12/tributes-flow-for-beloved-student-emma-heathcote-who-died-in-quad-bike-accident/" aria-label="Read more about Tributes flow for beloved student Emma Heathcote, who died in quad bike accident">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand With some strategic planning, you can maximise the amount of time you get off work using the least amount of annual leave. Unsplash Counting down the days to a well-earned summer break? With some strategic planning, you can maximise the amount of time you get off work while using the least ... <a title="When are the public holidays in 2026 and how can I maximise my annual leave?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/12/when-are-the-public-holidays-in-2026-and-how-can-i-maximise-my-annual-leave/" aria-label="Read more about When are the public holidays in 2026 and how can I maximise my annual leave?">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Fire and Emergency (FENZ) is expected to suggest sweeping changes to its organisation and some jobs to go, but to safeguard firefighters, in a deepseated change proposal due out on Wednesday. “Redundancy will be a last resort,” chief executive Kerry Gregory told FENZ’s 3000 paid personnel in an update last week ... <a title="Redundancy ‘a last resort’: Fire and Emergency set to propose sweeping changes, some jobs to go" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/12/redundancy-a-last-resort-fire-and-emergency-set-to-propose-sweeping-changes-some-jobs-to-go/" aria-label="Read more about Redundancy ‘a last resort’: Fire and Emergency set to propose sweeping changes, some jobs to go">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand It’s the first time in 20 years the global event has returned to Aotearoa. Supplied / WIPCE Thousands of indigenous educators and leaders from around the world are set to gather in Tāmaki Makaurau next week for the World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education (WIPCE). It’s the first time in 20 ... <a title="Thousands of indigenous educators to meet in Tāmaki Makaurau for event" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/12/thousands-of-indigenous-educators-to-meet-in-tamaki-makaurau-for-event/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands of indigenous educators to meet in Tāmaki Makaurau for event">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Kevin in the trailer ready to head off to Hamilton Zoo. Supplied A curious and loving giraffe named Kevin is on a cross country road trip, travelling from Christchurch’s Orana Park to his new home at Hamilton Zoo. He is just over two-years-old and is 4.3 metres tall and has been ... <a title="Kevin the giraffe makes a cross-country trip" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/12/kevin-the-giraffe-makes-a-cross-country-trip/" aria-label="Read more about Kevin the giraffe makes a cross-country trip">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Detective Senior Sergeant Jo Carolan said police were following strong lines of inquiry in relation to the shooting. RNZ/Nathan Mckinnon Christchurch police are still hunting for the person who shot and badly injured a woman in the Christchurch suburb of Wainoni. The woman was in a stable condition in hospital after ... <a title="Police following ‘strong’ leads in Wainoni shooting investigation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/12/police-following-strong-leads-in-wainoni-shooting-investigation/" aria-label="Read more about Police following ‘strong’ leads in Wainoni shooting investigation">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. Former police commissioner Andrew Coster RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Analysis – Once a liberal darling and champion of progressive policing, former police commissioner Andrew Coster has gone to ground, his reputation and legacy in tatters. Coster is on leave from his role as chief executive of the government’s Social ... <a title="Analysis: Andrew Coster’s fall from champion of progressive policing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/12/analysis-andrew-costers-fall-from-champion-of-progressive-policing/" aria-label="Read more about Analysis: Andrew Coster’s fall from champion of progressive policing">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Diggers at work at the site of the fire on Tuesday. RNZ/Jimmy Ellingham Combined Fire and Emergency and Department of Conservation crews are continuing to put in the ‘grunt work’ on Wednesday dampening down hotspots in the aftermath of the fire that tore through almost 3000 hectares of Tongariro Park at ... <a title="Fire crews put in ‘grunt’ work to dampen down Tongariro fire hotspots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/12/fire-crews-put-in-grunt-work-to-dampen-down-tongariro-fire-hotspots/" aria-label="Read more about Fire crews put in ‘grunt’ work to dampen down Tongariro fire hotspots">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand All traffic were advised to avoid the area or delay travel as there were no diversions in place, police said. RNZ / REECE BAKER The intersection of State Highway 25 and Moewai Road in Whitianga has been completely blocked following a serious crash. Police said they were called to the incident ... <a title="Whitianga SH25 intersecton completely blocked following crash, police say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/12/whitianga-sh25-intersecton-completely-blocked-following-crash-police-say/" aria-label="Read more about Whitianga SH25 intersecton completely blocked following crash, police say">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Tukoroirangi Morgan at the Iwi Chairs Forum at Waitangi. RNZ / Ella Stewart The National Iwi Chairs Forum has filed court proceedings seeking clarification on how the Crown must uphold Treaty of Waitangi settlements as it pushes ahead with major resource management reforms. The action has been brought by forum member ... <a title="National Iwi Chairs Forum files court proceedings over RMA reforms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/12/national-iwi-chairs-forum-files-court-proceedings-over-rma-reforms/" aria-label="Read more about National Iwi Chairs Forum files court proceedings over RMA reforms">Read more</a>
